Sales-recording device.



PATENTEID NOV. 24, 1903 W. REARDON. SALES RECORDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED-NOV. 28, 1902.

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IVILLIAM REARDON, OF BEACHMONT, MASSACHUSETTS.

SALES-RECORDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,937, dated November24, 1903.

Application filed November 28,1902. Serial No. 13 3,003. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM REARDON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beachmont, in the county of Sudolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inSales-Recording Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, simple, andeasily-operated device for simultaneouslyrecordingasaleuponarecordslipand upon a check to be given to the customer.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts setforth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in theclaims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of rnyim provedsales-recording de vice, the stamp being indicated thereon in dottedlines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlargedsection taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a detail front elevation of the locking-strip and lock.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, is a base-board, 11 11 vertical partitionsfilfast tosaid base-board and extending longitudinally thereof parallel to eachother, and 12 12 are flanges fast to or integral with said partitionsand extending partly across the space between said partitions.

13 13 are locking-plates extending transversely across the top of saidpartitions,one at each end thereof, each of said lockingplateslbeingprovided with a plate 14., pivotally hinged thereto at 15 and providedwith a slot 16 to engage a staple 17, said staples being fast to saidbase-board 10 and each provided with a padlock 18. The lockingplates 13are provided with holes 19, extending vertically therethrough andengaging locking-pins 20, fast to the base-board 10. The locking-plates13 are pivotally hinged at 21 to plates 22, fast to the base-board 10.

Record-slips 23 are placed between the partitions 11, holes beingprovided in said record-slips to allow them to be slipped over the pins20. Each of the record-slips contains at one end thereof the number ofawaiter or t l, (2,73 (63, it 4:)? (5,77 C 6, 7, to 14, Fig. l. Thenumber of the record-slip is also placed on each slip, as well as thewaiters number, these numbers being preferably placed adjacent to thewaiters number upon the slips, as shown in Fig. 1. The numbers of therecord-slips may extend from l to any desired number.

The stamp by which the amount of the sale is printed simultaneously uponthe recordslip and upon the customers slip is illustrated in sideelevation in Fig. 2 and in dotted lines in plan in Fig. 1. The stamp 24-consists of a handle 25 and a holder 26, said holder being provided witha recess 27, extending across one of the flanges 12 and provided,preferably, with a piece of rubber 28 upon each side of said recess,said pieces of rubber having duplicate sets of numerals 29 embossedthereon.

In operating my improved device the record-slips 23 are placed in theproper spaces between the vertical partitions 11, the recordslip forwaiter No. 1 being placed opposite the numeral 1, stamped upon one ofthe locking-plates 13. The record-slip for waiter No. 2 is placed in thespace between the partitions opposite the numeral 2, stamped upon one ofsaid locking-plates, and so on. In each of the spaces between thepartitions I have illustrated sufficient depth between the under side ofthe flange 12 and the top of the base-board 10 to insert threerecord-slips, and as the space is of sufficient length to insert tworecord-strips it is evident that six record-slips may be inserted ineach of the spaces between the partitions ll. Said record-slips areplaced over the pins 20, and the locking-plates 13 are lowered intoposition, the upper ends of the pins projecting through holes providedin said locking-plates. The locking-plates are then secured by means ofthe padlocks 18 and the device is in readiness for use, all of therecord-slips being locked thereto, so that it is impossible to removethem Without tearing.

In using my improved device one clerkrecords all the sales, a number ofstamps beingheld in a convenient receptacle, each having two sets ofduplicate numerals upon the under face thereof. The customers check 30,

Figs. 1 and 2, is brought to the checking-clerk, who places one edge ofsaid strip against one edge of one of the flanges 12 adjacent to therecord-slip corresponding with the number of the waiter who brings thecustomers check to him. He then stamps simultaneously, by means of thestamp 24, the proper amount '(in this particular instance forty cents)upon the record-slip and upon the customers slip to and then returns thecustomers check to the waiter. When one record-slip has been used, it isremoved and the one beneath is used until the three slips in the spacehave been used up, when new slips are inserted.

15 It is evident that a larger number of slips may be placed in a spaceby increasing the depth between the flanges and the top of thebase-board. In this case the recess 27 in the under side of thestamp-holder 26 would neczo essarily be made of greater depth.

It will readily be seen that in auditing accounts the amount of salesindicated by the record-slips must balance with the amount of salesrecorded upon the customers checks,

and also (each waiter being provided with customers checkshaving hisspecial number thereon, as in the instance illustrated in Fig. lNo. 4)the amount sold by each waiter, as indicated upon his record-slip, mustbalance 30 with the amountindicated upon the different customers checkshanded in to the cashier with his number thereon.

, The advantages secured by my improved sales-recording device aresimplicity of construction, speed in operation, and accuracy in resultsdesired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire by LettersPatent to secure, is-

4o 1. In a sales-recording device, a record-slip holder comprising abase-board, a series of parallel longitudinal partitions fast to saidbase-board, a vertical pin at one end of each of the vertical spacesbetween said partitions,

a plate extending transversely of said partitions and engaging saidpins, and means to lock said plate to said base-board.

2. In asales-recording device, a record-slip holder comprising abase-board, a series of parallel longitudinal partitions fast to saidbase-board, means to lock a record-slip between two of said partitions,a vertical pin at one end of each of said vertical spaces between two ofsaid partitions, a plate extend- .ing transversely of said partitionsand engaging said pins, and means to lock said plate to said base-board.

3. In a sales-recording device, a record-slip holder comprising abase-board, a series of parallel longitudinal partitions fast to saidbase-board, n1eans to look a record-slip between two of said partitions,each of said partitions having flanges on the top thereof extendingpartly across the space inclosed between two of said partitions, avertical pin at one end of each of said vertical spaces between two ofsaid partitions, a plate extending transversely across the top of saidpartitions and engaging said pins, and means to lock said plate to saidbase-board. 7o

4:. In asales-rccording device, a record-slip holder comprising abase-board, a series of parallel longitudinal partitions fast to saidbase-board, means to look a record-slip between two of said partitions,each of said partitions having flanges on the top thereof eX tendingpartly across the space inclosed between two of said partitions, avertical pin located at each end of each of said spaces, between two ofsaid partitions, plates extend- 8o ing transversely across the top ofsaid partitions and engaging said pins, and means to lock said plates tosaid base-board.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. 1

WILLIAM REARDON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. Goonwrc, ANNIE J. DAILEY.

